All Time Team

Quote: Harold Rigby Jnr "I normally avoid these type of all time greatest threads because of posts like this. Okay I will bite.

Leigh have had some brilliant loose forwards. One of my favourite was Bill McFarlane, but my all time favourite was Peter Foster who had just made the GB squad, sadly taken from us in a car crash that Micky Martyn thankfully survived. Foster would have achieved great things in the game, he was on the road to greatness. The closest I saw to him was young John Westhead. However he was hammered from a young age, over playing in the first team whilst still developing physically, but he was very skilful.

Adam Bristow? He fails into insignificance. Never made it here or in his homeland, one of the major criticisms of him was his defensive frailties that opposition coaches exploited. He would not bend his back.

Ask Neil Kelly. When he was Dewsbury coach, he told Barry Eaton to run at Bristow and run at him all day long and every time and get under him. What did Eaton do in that Grand Final at Gigg Lane, automatic promotion to SL at stake. Runat Bristow, who swung at Eatons head, Eaton ducked under Bristows lazy attempt and romped under the posts to touch down.

Arrgh so close to SL that year, losing by 1 point undone by Bristow at 13 being targetted, that was the margin.

Mmm John Henderson or Trevor Allan, I will ponder that one.

FOR A MILLIONTH OF A MICRO SECOND!!'"

No need to bite Harold as we all have our opinions.

At the age of 44, I cannot comment on Murphy, Allen and Lewis so it would be wrong for me to do so, but having met Gordon, he his a lovely man with HUGE Hands !!

I get where you are coming from i regards to Bristow, but he was a super player hence the reason he was targetted. I could quite easily blame Sid Baldwin for that defeat to Dewsbury for that stupid kick through but I wont. Its History and even the best have their off days. Quite a few did in that Dewsbury GF final but we will never forget the occasion.